Detachable leg and standard for stools or tables



-(No Model.)

- G. E. GLOW.

I DETAOHABLE LEG AND STANDARD FOR STOOLS OR- TABLES.

Patented Feb. 5, 1889.

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EINITE STATES PATENT FFICEo GEORGE E. CLOIV, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DETACHABLE LEG AND STANDARD FOR STOOLS OR TABLES;

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,225, dated February5, 1889.

Application filed July 25, 1888. Serial No. 280,974. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. CLOW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Legs andStandards for Stools or Tables, of which the following is a full andcomplete description.

The purpose of my invention is to obtain detachable legs which may bereadily placed together and firmly secured in such manner as to retainpermanently a rigid position under all the strains to which they may besubjected, and adapted for use as table, chair, or stool legs, and forother like purposes; to obtain a standard constructed of several piecesof suitable material,preferably of cast metal, secured together in likemanner as are the pieces constituting said legs, and attached to andforming a continuation of said legs, extending to, or nearly to, theslab forming the top of a table, whereby said legs and standard areadapted to constitute the legs of a table or stand, and to obtain aconstruction whereby the table-top or stand may be rotated when desired.In the construction of a table, chair, or stool the several deviceswhereby the legs are rigidly secured together and to a cylindrical ormany-sided rod or 1101- low piece, preferably metallic, must be used,while in the construction of a chair or stool a portion of the devicesforminga part of my invention need not necessarily be used, and oftencannot be used, so that I consider that my invention consists,principally, in giving a peculiar shape or configuration to one end ofthe several pieces, preferably of cast metal, forming the legs of thetable, stool, or chair,

, whereby they are rigidly secured, in the manner hereinafter fully setforth, to each other and to said evlindrical or many-sidedcentral piece.

\Yhen a center table or stand ed embodying my invention, I ordinarilyemploy a standard extending from the point of junction of the legs to,or nearly to, the under surface of the slab forming the top of thetable. This standard is ordinarily constructed of several pieces, and Iprefer that they shall also be of cast metal, each of said pieces havingat one end thereof a like configurais construct--' tion to that end ofthe legs of the chair or table which are secured to the said cylindricalor many-sided central piece, and are attached in like manner to saidcenterpiece, and, if desired, by the samebolt by which the said legs areso secured; hence I do not consider the configuration of the end of thepieces forming the standard of the table, and the several partscombining therewith, any'variation of, or addition to, the inventionembodied in the configuration of the end of the legpieces and theseveral parts and pieces operating therewith.

The shape of the pieces constituting the said standard may be such thatthe upper end thereof may be rigidly secured to the under surface of theslab forming the top of the table; or said pieces may be so shaped andthe configuration of the upper end of each of said pieces forminga partof said standard so determined that when said pieces are securedtogether and to the legs of the stand or table a conical spindle isobtained, over which spindle may be placed a frame having a collartherein fitting said spindle. This frame is rigidly attached to thetable-top, but rotates freely upon the conical spindle referred to, anda rotary table is thereby obtained.

When the several devices constituting the legs of the table, chair, orsteel are used for a chair or steel, it is often found desirable to soconstruct the said chair or stool that the seat thereof may be raised orlowered at will, and I therefore illustrate and describe a slightadditional construction to the devices hereinbefore referred to.

As will hereinafter more fully appear, three or more legs maybe used inmy invention; but I prefer to so construct the device as to have butthree legs thereto, and in the drawings accompanying and forming a parthereof I have illustrated my invention as embodied in a steel or chairhaving three legs, and in the drawings- Figure 1 is an elevation of arotary centerstand. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on line 2 2 ofFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.. Fig. at is across-sectional view of my invention adapted for use in a chair or steelthe seat whereof is adjustable and maybe either raised or lowered. Fig.5

is a perspective view of the upper end of one of the pieces forming thelegs of the table or chair. Fig. I; is a perspective view of the upperend of one of the pieces forming the standard.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

X is a stand or center-table. A A A are the legs thereof". These severallegs are identical in form, and are lettered dili'erentl y for ease infuture reference and for convenience in describing the construction ofthe table or chair in the description hereof.

l; B 1 are the several duplicate pieces forming the standard.

C is a frame haviuga eolla r integral therewith titling over the spindleformed by the coming together ot' the upper end oi? pieees B 13 ll. Theupper end of frame (3 is rigidly secured to slab l), forming the top ofthe table.

At the upper end of legs A A A there are formed vertical face a,horizontal web a, and web a, and on the lower end of pieces B 3 13 thereare formed like vertical face a, horizontal face (1, and lug d,whichserve the like purpose as do the said respective faces and. parts on theupper end of A A A. Vertical face (1 is placed against and in contactwith one of the sides 0t central piece, G.

G is a cylindrical or many-sided piece of metal, wood, or other suitablematerial, to which are securet'l the upper ends of the said legs A A Aand the lower ends of the said pieees l; l3 13, forming the standard.\Vhere three legs are used and the central piece, G, has many sidesas,for instance, three or more sides vertical face a is placed a ainst oneof the faces of the piece G, and lace or surface a is placed on the endof said piece G.

E is a cap tilting over the lugs (1. when the said legs are placedagainst central piece, G, in the manner described. Horizontal webs a ofthe several legs are so shaped on the sides of said webs that when thelegs are placed against central piece, G, the said sides of said webscome in contact, or nearly so, on the end of said piece G.

lilS a bolt, having head f on one endthereot and nut f on the other endthereof. Bolt 1: passes through a hole in the cap E, and also through ahole in central piece, G, and nut f is then turned firmly into positionagainst said cap E, thereby pressing said cap against legs A A A andpressing said legs firmly against piece G. \Vhen pieces 13 3' x1 areused to construct the standard, the lower ends of said pieces are firmlysecured to piece G in like manner as are the legs.

\Vhere legs A A A seen red to central piece, G, by cap E bein placedover the lugs on said legs in the mannerdescribed, and secured there bybolt F, passing through the center of said piece G, are placed on achair or stool the seat of which it is desired to raise or lower atwill, the said bolt so seeuring the said parts together is formed of ahollow rod having a screw-thread, F, therein, the

said screw-thread being adapted to receive a screw-threaded bolt securedto the seat of the chair. This form of construction is illustrated in Filot the drawings. ll itbe not desired to raise or lower the st. t of thechair or stool, but it is desired that the seat thereof be retary, thethreads h" in bolt ll maybe omitted, as also from the spindle fittingtherein.

In the making of a table or stand embodying my invention, in which it isdesired to make the top of the table rotary, the standard extending fromthe legs to a point near the under slab, forming the top of the table,is formed of three pieces, as illustrated in the drawings. l3

Each of said pieces 1. l) is oi such a shape that the upper end thereofis in contact;- with the upper end 01: the other of said pieces, each ofsaid ends forming onethird ()ll a cone-shapeifl spindle, a cross-seetion of which spindle is illustrated in Fig. 2. In this viewll llllrepresent, respectively, the ends of pieces B B i3. 011 each of saidends there is the shoulder 7L and h, and there is also the groove h. Thecollar of frame (.5 comes in contact with shoulders 7t h, and stop Hinaybe fitted into groove 7L, thereby preventing the frame (J fromaccidentally being displaced from said spindle. A perspective view ofthe end thus forming one-third of said spindle is illustrated in Fig. 6.

The several pieces B B B" are duplicates, dillerent lettering beinggiven them merely for identification in describing the construction ofmy invention.

Havin described my invention, what I claim, and. desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. The combination ot' legs adapted. for use in a chair, stool, ortable, having at one end theretdi' a vertical face an d a web having ahorizontal face on one side thereof and a lug on. the other sidethereof, a central piece against the side of which. said vertical facemay be placed and against one end of which the horizontal face of saidweb may come in contact, a cap iittin g over the lugs on said web, and abolt whereby the said cap and legs and central piece maybe rigidlysecured together, all substantially as described.

2. The combination of legs adapted for use in a chair or stool, havingat one end thereof a vertical face and a horizontal web havinga lug onone side thereof, a central piece against the sides of which saidvertical face may be placed and against one end of which the face ofsaid horizontal web will be in contact, a cap fitting over the lugs onsaid horizontal web, and a bolt adapted to secure said cap, legs, andcentral piece rigidly together, the said bolt bein hollow and having ascrew-thread cut therei n adapted to reeei ve a threaded spindle securedto the seat of said chair, all substantial] y as described.

3. The combination of legs adapted for use in a chair or stool, havingat one end thereof a vertical face and a horizontal web with :1 lug onone side thereof, a central piece against the sides of which saidvertical face may be placed and against one end of which the face ofsaid horizontal web will be in contact, a cap fitting over the lugs onsaid horizontal web, and a bolt adapted to secure said cap, legs, andcentral piece rigidly together, the said bolt being hollow and adaptedto receive a spindle secured to the seat of said chair or stool, allsubstantially as described.

4. In a table, the combination of legs having a vertical face at one endthereof and a horizontal web having a lug thereon, a central pieceagainst the sides of which said vertical face may be placed and againstthe end of which said horizontal'web comes in contact, a standardconsisting of three or more pieces, having at one end a like verticalface and a horizontal web with lu thereon, caps fitting over the lugs onsaid legs and pieces forming said standard, and abolt passing throughsaid caps and central piece, whereby the said several pieces mayberigidly secured together, all substantially as described.

5. In a table, the combination of legs having a vertical face at one endthereof and a horizontal web having a lug thereon, a central pieceagainst the sides of whiclrsaid vertical face may be placed and againstthe end of which said horizontal web comes in contact, a standardconsisting of two or more pieces, each of said pieces having at one endthereof a like vertical face and horizontal web with lug thereon, andthe other end of said pieces forming a part of a spindle, upon which maybe placed a rotary frame, caps fitting over said lugs on said horizontalweb, and a bolt passing through the said caps and said central piece,whereby the said legs and the said pieces forming the standard may berigidly secured to said central piece, all substantially as described.

Chicago, Illinois, July 20, 1888.

. GEORGE E. CLOXV.

Vitnesscs:

CHARLES T. BRowN, DONALD PICKERING.

